1.   The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.

2.   Club secretary Ray Todd, though the chairman tries to forbid him, is more outspoken.

3.   Even as state Republican and Democratic party chairmen were trying to schmooze Johnson, there was work going on at the national level as well.

4.   Far more common, Schlueter said, are committee chairmen trying to kill a bill they had let out of their committee.

5.   Lott said last week that the goal of the meeting would be to identify subjects that committee chairmen could try to negotiate with the administration.

6.   Petersen arranged a meeting between Marron and Welch, at which the two chairmen tried to resolve the differences.

7.   The chairman is trying to save Apple and stem mounting losses, dwindling market share and defections of both customers and software developers.

8.   They also said the Fed chairman was trying to remind investors that the recent strong rallies in stocks and bonds cannot last forever.

9.   Two years ago the flamboyant chairman of Oracle tried to put together a plan to buy the company.

10.   That could extend discussions at the agency, as the chairman tries to build a consensus.